Joshua Michael Stern Professions : Film director Born : January 12, 1961 Browse All Authors Top 18 quotes by Joshua Michael Stern I think that we see Steve Jobs as the genius speaker in the mock black turtleneck with the round glasses, sort of beautifully delivering his new product, and I think that for people to understand that he started in a garage. Joshua Michael Stern glasses jobs thinking Doing a movie about Steve Jobs is just generally a provocative thing to do, whoever does it, and it begs a lot of questioning and skepticism only in that, what is this going to be? What am I going to be looking at? And curiosity as well. I think thats all positive in any film, because you want people to be curious about it. Joshua Michael Stern jobs people thinking Doing a movie about computers between 1978 and 1982? You cant get much less sexy, less active than that. Joshua Michael Stern computer sexy active So the fact that the first movie about Steve Jobs was made by a guy who was completely entrepreneurial and outside the film industry, I think is very appropriate. Joshua Michael Stern guy jobs thinking Steve Jobs just made a product. He started off where a lot of people were skeptical of what he was doing, and he basically just focused on the product and making it the best he could, and really focused on what it was that these products would take into your lives. Joshua Michael Stern made jobs people Right before when the iMac came out is when most people associate Apple started. That's when people remember Apple - that first iMac or that first laptop that was a clam shell. To me everything before that was what was interesting. Joshua Michael Stern apples people interesting People are out there looking for jobs and realizing that they have to look within to do and create what the new and next thing will be. They can't rely anymore on what was usually given to them. Joshua Michael Stern jobs people looks As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one. Joshua Michael Stern next directors firsts It struck me that Steve Jobs, known to be such a brilliant speaker, had a very difficult time explaining things when he was younger. He was describing technology that didn't exist. He had MIT engineers, and he was trying to tell them what he wanted; but there were no terms for what he wanted yet. I think a lot of his early frustration was trying to quickly get his vision to the finish line. Joshua Michael Stern frustration technology jobs You can mythologize Steve Jobs, but really in the end, he was a kid from the Valley, with his funny little friends, and they made something. That's all he was. Joshua Michael Stern valleys jobs kids Steve Jobes called anybody. He was fearless. When he was very young, he had no filter. He would call the president of Hewlett-Packard and the head of Atari and say, 'I'm Steve Jobs.' He just didn't take no for an answer. Joshua Michael Stern fearless president jobs There's a moment where Jobs says that one day you will wake up and realize that the world was created by people no smarter than you. I want people to believe that; we're so often bound by obstructions and judges. Joshua Michael Stern day moment you people There's a few in our history, where the person who creates it becomes almost the product itself. Jobs is one of those. Joshua Michael Stern product person who history Of course, I saw 'The Social Network,' which is a beautiful film. Joshua Michael Stern which film social beautiful People have asked me, 'Is it about Apple or is it about Jobs?' and I say it's about how a man becomes his company and the company becomes the man. That has only happened a few times, like it happened with Ford, I think, they became inextricably linked together. Joshua Michael Stern me man together people To me that's what Jobs was about. He said at the end of the movie, 'When you realize that the world was created by people no smarter than you, your life will change.' That, to me, is a message for right now and people figuring out what they're going to do with themselves. Joshua Michael Stern me you change life I'm working on a few different films and I'm just searching for the right new story to tell. As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one. Joshua Michael Stern project new story you The young Steve Jobs had a hard time articulating something that didn't exist. He could see it, taste it, knew what it felt like, but he didn't have all the language because it hadn't been invented yet. People didn't fathom the personal computer on a mass produced level. Joshua Michael Stern see language time people Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors
